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Noaa: Ocean Facts on Coastal Tourism
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration surveys coastal travel and tourism, which is the largest industry, employer, and foreign-revenue earner in the United States.
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Noaa: Life Saving Satellites [Pdf]
Discover how satellites that orbit the Earth can save lives. Then use images obtained by satellites to construct a three-dimensional paper model of the Earth.
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Noaa: Motion From the Ocean [Pdf]
Reel in some information about fish from the ocean. Then create a mobile with fish that you color.
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Noaa: Seeing Things Differently Using Polarization [Pdf]
Discover how polarizing filters can make certain objects more visible to the human eye.
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Noaa: Weather Prediction and Detection
Learn how the tools for weather prediction has changed in this article.
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Noaa: National Weather Service Forecast Office: Fahrenheit to Celsius Converter
Enter either Fahrenheit or Celsius temperature for conversion.
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Noaa: National Weather Service Forecast Office: Fahrenheit to Celsius Converter
Enter either Fahrenheit or Celsius temperature for conversion.
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Noaa: Ncep: Indian Summer Monsoon
An overview of weather conditions and patterns during the 1996 Indian monsoon. Click on the highlighted "figures" to see maps and graphical data about the precipitation in the region during this time.
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Noaa: Ngdc: Globe Project
Explore some topographic data at the Globe site. What environmental measurements are taken in the study? How are these measurements presented?
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Noaa: Coral Reef Watch: Satellite Coral Bleaching Monitoring
This site provides a concise explanation of the bleaching process, its effect on corals, and the causes of bleaching.
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Noaa: Annual Commercial Landings Statistics
The NOAA Fisheries offers this interactive statistics page to find out about the catches and value of various species of fish and crustaceans taken by commercial fisheries since 1950.
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Noaa: Fisheries: Elkhorn Coral
This interesting site examines the characteristics, distribution, and threats and concerns related to elkhorn coral.
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Noaa: Fisheries: Staghorn Coral
Threats and Concerns, characteristics, and distribution are the topics examined in this informative coral site.
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Noaa: Pmel: Definitions of El Nino, La Nina and Enso
In defining the terms El Nino, La Nina and ENSO, this site describes the relationship between the trade winds and these conditions.
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Noaa: Pmel: Noaa: What Is La Nina?
At this site from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, you can find out the characteristics of La Nina. You can find out about the lastest La Nina and the places it effected. Links are provided for additional information.
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Noaa: Nexrad (Doppler)
Includes the specifications characterictics, and equipment found in a nexrad doppler system.
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Noaa: National Weather Service: Simplified Hydrologic Cycle
The National Weather Service offers information on the processes that make up the water (hydrologic) cycle, including evaporation and transpiration, precipitation, run-off, infiltration, and percolation. Has a good illustration and...
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Noaa: Ocean Explorer: Krill in National Marine Sanctuary
An overview from Ocean Explorer of the the marine crustacean, Krill. Includes info about life cycle, habitat, behavior, environmental importance and images.
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Noaa: Endangered Whales
"There are currently seven species of cetaceans in U.S. waters that are protected under the Endangered Species Act." This site provides links to each species as well as provides colorful and engaging pictures.
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Noaa: Etl: Regional Weather and Climate Applications Branch
This page explains how meteorologists of the NOAA study weather and climate.
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Noaa: National Data Buoy Center: What Are Tides?
A very general introduction to tides and their cycles, with one link to a graph of tide data.
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Noaa: Cpc: Weekly Enso Update
Weekly updates on data collected and analyzed by the Climate Prediction Center. Includes sea surface temperature, subsurface tropical Pacific analyses and much more. Extensive site: check it out!